Yes. No need to elaborate; whatever the question regarding frequency or creativity of scams, yes, it happens enough to be a fair percentage of...
Tomorrow. I'm on my "weekend" from work, and today is for domestic chores. Tomorrow we're supposed to be getting 8" of snow, and I'm going to...
Oh, hello. Yeah, it came through, and I noticed the filename. :)
Man, these are some huge filesizes for such small images. :) Honestly, the images are too small to show enough detail for the grade range we're...
There are two types of coin collectors: those who have been burned, and those who lie about never having been burned. There is only a single...
Actually - and this may be just semantics - I've always considered CAC's opinion extremely biased because their profits depend on their stickers...
How about the reality slant instead of the PR slant? I'm not explaining this to you - your opinion is already set in stone - but to those reading...
Any reason why we're making conclusive determinations of color and grade from one pair of small, underexposed images? No offense meant to you,...
CAC exists because the TPG's proved (and continue to prove) that they cannot be trusted to grade consistently and accurately. No reason to believe...
So at what point should completeness of strike be a defining factor in grade? In PCGS' own words, MS67 needs to be "very well struck." If this...
I'll email you a "20" - you're going to need it to multiply the purchase price of that coin with. :)
Oh, I well know that, but I'm at a level of paranoia with this coin which which would probably establish new records if it were measurable. :)...
It was a good chance to, ahem, polish my slab refinishing skills. And being Green Beaned, I didn't want to risk somehow losing the sticker, which...
Y'know, nothin' from nothin' but this won't even be the first 1910-S in PCGS66RB posted here in the last couple months. The other guy didn't get...
Meanwhile, speaking of precision.... The slab is presenting difficulties; it appears I'm going to have to wetsand it because I'm not going after...
Nothing is difficult to crack if you own a bandsaw or a Dremel. :D
By two grades, and that's conservative.
Even by comparison to their published standards.
You ever seen one of those movie stars who's had so much plastic surgery that from some angles they don't even look human any longer? Like that.
My greatest fear here is, those spots are what the previous Amateur Hour cleaning was unable to remove.
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